The 2024 Men's European Volleyball League was the 20th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from 16 European countries. This season undergone a new format.
The winners and runners-up qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup.
The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, which featured 12 teams, and the Silver League, which featured 4 teams.
Format changes The CEV announced a change to the format starting this season after a decision was made by the CEV Board of Administration on 16 September 2023 in Rome. Starting this season, the CEV adjusted the format similar to FIVB Volleyball Nations League. This format change was made with consultation with the participating nations to reduce costs.
Pools composition Teams were seeded according to their European Ranking for national teams as of 9 October 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets.
Golden League The numbers in brackets indicated their CEV rankings. League phase (9) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (21) (23) (25) (26)
Silver League League phase (29) (34) (36) (38)
Golden League
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date Week 1 17–19 May 2024 Week 2 24–26 May 2024 Week 3 30 May – 2 June 2024 Final four 15–16 June 2024
Tournament schedule Week 1Tournament 1 BakuTournament 2 StrumicaTournament 3 TampereTournament 4 Loulé (12) (H) (1) (5) (9) (H) (4) (10) (6) (H) (2) (7) (3) (H) (8) (11)Week 2Tournament 5 LuxembourgTournament 6 GijónTournament 7 Râmnicu VâlceaTournament 8 Beveren (11) (H) (1) (4) (8) (H) (6) (10) (5) (H) (3) (7) (2) (H) (9) (12)Week 3Tournament 9 RakvereTournament 10 OsijekTournament 11 Karlovy VaryTournament 12 Tarnów (10) (H) (11) (12) (7) (H) (8) (9) (4) (H) (5) (6) (1) (H) (2) (3)
Tiebreaker Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
League round All times are local.
Week 1 Tournament 1 Venue: Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex, Baku, Azerbaijan
Tournament 2 Venue: Arena Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
Tournament 3 Venue: Hakametsä Arena, Tampere, Finland
Tournament 4 Venue: Pavilhão Municipal Professor Joaquim Vairinhos, Loulé, Portugal
Week 2 Tournament 5 Venue: d'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Tournament 6 Venue: Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijón, Spain
Tournament 7 Venue: Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Tournament 8 Venue: Topsporthal, Beveren, Belgium
Week 3 Tournament 9 Venue: Rakvere Sports Hall, Rakvere, Estonia
Tournament 10 Venue: Gradski vrt Hall Smaller Hall, Osijek, Croatia
Tournament 11 Venue: Sport Hall for Indoor Games, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Tournament 12 Venue: Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final four The Final four was held in Croatia.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Silver League
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Round Round date Week 1 17–19 May 2024 Week 2 24–26 May 2024 Week 3 31 May – 2 June 2024 Week 4 7–9 June 2024 Final 13 June 2024
Tournament schedule Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Tournament 1 KópavogurTournament 2 TórshavnTournament 3 StrumicaTournament 4 Amstetten (4) (H) (2) (3) (3) (H) (1) (4) (2) (H) (1) (4) (1) (H) (2) (3)
Tiebreaker Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the FIVB will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
League round All times are local.
Week 1 Tournament 1 Venue: Digranes Sports Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland
Week 2 Tournament 2 Venue: Ittrottar - og Samkomuholl Hall, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Week 3 Tournament 3 Venue: Arena Park Sports Hall, Strumica, North Macedonia
Week 4 Tournament 4 Venue: Johann Pölz Halle, Amstetten, Austria
Results by round The table listed the results of teams in each round.
Final The Final was held in Austria.
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516 Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup Qualified for the 2024 Challenger Cup via FIVB World Ranking
See also 2024 Women's European Volleyball League
References
External links Golden League official page Silver League official page